Abhijit Mookerjee's Group

FOUR GENERATIONS OF MOOKERJEES

Ranjit Debi Abhijit at 22 Abhijit at 65 Bratati

Arijit Rubina Jayanti Aniruddha Ruchira Swarnangsu

Debjit Oishaani Sreeya

SUMMARY OF MY LIFE 1946-2012

1946 Born in Calcutta to Ranjit and Debi Mookerjee

1954 Admitted to St. Xavier's School, Calcutta

1963 Passed GCE and Senior Cambridge and stood first in Northern India. Joined Presidency College, Calcutta with Maths Honours

1966 Obtained B.Sc. (Hons) degree from the Calcutta University. Joined Imperial College, London, UK with Maths (Special)

1968 Obtained B.Sc. (Special) degree from London University and A.R.C.S.
Joined St. John's College, Cambridge, UK studying Tripos (Maths) Part III

1969 Completed Tripos Part III and migrated to do research in Condensed Matter Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
Although my official supervisor was Prof. Brian Josephson,
I worked mostly in the group of Prof. Volker Heine closely with Roger Haydock.

1973 Obtained Ph.D. degree from Cambridge University. Started to work as a Research Assistant in the Cavendish Laboratory.

1973 Married Bratati Ghatak in Calcutta

1974 Son Arijit was born in Cambridge
Returned to India and joined Prof. S.K. Joshi's Group in Roorkee University as a CSIR Silver Jubilee Fellow

1975 Joined IIT, Kanpur as a Lecturer

1978 Promoted to Assitant Professor at IIT, Kanpur.
Daughter Jayanti was born in Calcutta

1982 Daughter Ruchira was born in Calcutta

1985 Spent a year in ICTP, Trieste, Italy for my sabbatical. Promoted to Professor at IIT, Kanpur

1989 Joined the S.N. Bose National Centre as a Professor, on leave from IIT, Kanpur

1990 Resigned from IIT, Kanpur for permanent post at S.N. Bose National Centre

1998 Spent six months at IIT, Kanpur for my sabbatical.

1999 Son Arijit married Rubina Majumdar in Calcutta.
Appointed Dean (Academic Programme) at S.N. Bose National Centre, Calcutta

2000 Grandson Debjit was born in Calcutta to Arijit and Rubina

2001 Promoted to Senior Professor at S.N. Bose National Centre, Kolkata.
Elected Fellow National Academy of Sciences
Reappointed Dean (Academic Programme)

2004 Daughter Jayanti married Aniruddha Das in Kolkata

2005 Appointed Director of S.N. Bose National Centre, Kolkata

2006 Appointed Dean (Faculty) at the S,N, Bose National Centre, Kolkata

2007 Daughter Ruchira married Swarnangshu Acharyya in Kolkata

2007 Grandaughter Oishaani born in Kolkata to Jayanti and Aniruddha

2008 Grandaughter Shreeya born in Kolkata to Ruchiraand Swarnangsu

2009 Suffered a massive heart attack but in God's grace survived

2011 Retired, but stay on as Emeritus Scientist at the S.N. Bose Centre

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